Caterpillar hosts for Monarch

87 native plants its caterpillars eat, most recorded first.

Not native to the US

6 plants, most recorded first.

Nativity unknown

23 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

Mexican Swallow-Wort

for Monarch

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Caterpillar hosts · handed down from swallowwort

What the records say

  • Eats · as larvae 1 record on swallowwort

    Recorded on swallowwort, and handed down to its species.

  • Hosted by · as larvae 3 records on swallowwort

    Recorded on swallowwort, and handed down to its species.